Tool Setup Instructions

BEA WebLogic Platform, Version 8.1

If the course you are setting up requires WebLogic 8.1, follow these instructions to set it up on the student and instructor machines. If you have questions, please contact your courseware vendor.

WebLogic is of course a commercial tool, and it is assumed that students and/or training companies using Capstone courseware for WebLogic either have appropriate licenses to use WebLogic or are legally using evaluation software in the classroom. Evaluation copies are available from BEA through the following address — please carefully read and understand BEA's license agreement before download and install.

http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp

From this page, find the download link for BEA WebLogic Platform, version 8.1. Choose the Microsoft Windows operating system and either the Net or Package Installer — we recommend the Package installer as it is more portable to various student machines, CD-ROMs, etc., once downloaded. In either case, perform a "Typical" installation of the complete platform. You will have to provide an administrative user account — enter "wlstudent" for both the username and password.

You must set the environment variable WL_HOME to the root directory of the installation.

Two simple tests of your installation are as follows:

Run the following command and you should see output roughly as shown (some path information will vary by machine):

%WL_HOME%\server\bin\setWLSEnv
CLASSPATH=varies
PATH=varies
Your environment has been set.

Run the startWLS command from the directory %WL_HOME%\server\bin. You should see a console appear for the WebLogic server. You'll be asked for username and password — enter "wlstudent" for both — and then you'll see the following message in the console:

No config.xml was found.
Would you like the server to create a default configuration and boot? (y/n):

Enter 'y' in response; you will be asked again for the password (enter "wlstudent") and then server startup should complete. At or near the bottom of the console output, you should see:

<Server started in RUNNING mode>

You can close the console with Ctrl-C (and 'Y' to terminate the batch file).